Map: Biomass Plants in British Columbia

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British Columbia doesn’t maintain a centralized registry of biomass energy facilities in the province, so in the course of reporting “Smoke and Numbers,” we put together our own list from independent sources.

Click any dot on the map to view the facility’s name, size and a description of its operations.

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